US Embassy Kyiv: Today, on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, we delivered 40 state-of-the-art military ambulances. This is just one part of the US' $800 million training and equipment program that supports a free, sovereign Ukraine.

The Committee decides that Yegor Soboliev's work as A/c Committee Chairman is unsatisfactory and recommends Rada to dismiss him from this post. Poroshenko's Block, Narodnyi Front, Vidrodzhennia and OppoBlock voted for. Anti-reforms coalition in action

#DaggerBDE 'tanks on a train.' This time they were in Lithuania, with several Bradley Fighting vehicles and other support equipment. Allies there assisting the Brigade exercise freedom of maneuver as far north as the Baltic Region

US Sec State Tillerson at NATO; "There's no normalization of dialogue with Russia today - not going to return to regular, calendarized dialogue" until Moscow addresses behavior in Ukraine which US finds "not just unacceptable but intolerable"

Alexander Hug at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University: "Increasing distance between positions and withdrawing heavy weapons as agreed would reduce civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure" ->

Security Message from U.S. Embassy in Ukraine notes large group of demonstrators protesting in the Kyiv Maidan area, along with a strong security presence. Minor clashes between protesters and security forces reported

Canada's foreign minister Chrystia Freeland says upon arrival at NATO that she'll be speaking with Rex Tillerson on North Korea and Ukraine. She thanks @kvolker for his work as special envoy there. Dodges questions on US position on embassy/Jerusalem and on the Iran deal

Protesters just pushed this car around and brought in cement blocks to make another makeshift barricade, blocking the police van carrying Saakashvili from backing out of what's become at times a violent standoff.